expend

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ɪkˈspɛnd/ or /ɛkˈspɛnd/

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Verb

Plain form expend

Third-person singular expends

Past tense expended

Past participle expended

Present participle expending

1. (transitive) If you expend energy, effort, resources, etc. on something, you use them for that purpose.